Note: shrubs are easily cut back to restrain size ... It’s also drought tolerant and fast growing, with spidery yellow flower clusters in summer and bright orange-yellow foliage in fall.

outfits run by individuals such as Lemssouguer’s Arini and John Aylward’s Sona Asset Management have tapped into demand for specialist credit managers to become the fastest-growing hedge funds ...

“Up to the year 2000, the hedge fund fee take had been running at around a third of overall gains, but since then it has increased to a half,” said Rick Sopher, chief executive of Edmond de Rothschild ...